From eocnex@hnyoregn.pn Thu Jan 30 01:18:06 2003 Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:18:57 -0700 From: Rob Park Reply-To: elug@linux.ab.ca To: ELUG Subject: [ELUG] PGP keysigning party! There will be a PGP key-signing party held during the Edmonton Linux Users Group meeting on Monday, February 3rd, 2003 at the end of the regularly scheduled meeting. What is a key-signing party? A key-signing party is a get-together with PGP users for the purpose of meeting other PGP users and signing each other's keys. This helps to extend the "web of trust" to a great degree. Also, it sometimes serves as a forum to discuss strong cryptography and related issues. What do I need to bring to the party? 1. Yourself. You must be there physically, in person. 2. Photo ID. We need to know that you are who you claim to be. 3. Your PGP key ID, HEX fingerprint, and key size, written on a sheet of paper (you should also email this information to me before the party starts) -- if you don't know how to get this info, email me and I'll walk you through it. 4. A pen/pencil or something to write with. 5. NO computer. _DON'T_ bring a computer to the party! Why shouldn't I bring a laptop/computer? Suffice it to say, bringing a computer is a security risk. The point of the party is to verify that a key belongs to a person; then we go home and sign those keys in private. What will happen at the party? We will be verifying two things: whether or not a participant is who he says he is, and whether or not his key actually belongs to him. More information can be found here: http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/gpg-party.html#toc3 If you have any questions, please email me. I realize this is short notice for Monday, but I hope everybody interested in PGP can make it. Everybody is encouraged to read over the following link (and the above link), to learn more: http://www.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto.html Please forward this email to anybody who might be interested in attending. The idea here is that if the information on your photo ID matches the information on your public key, and the face on the ID matches your own face, then your key can be signed. Once the party is over, if it was a success, everybody can go home and sign everybody else's key. I ask that everybody have their public key available on the pgp.mit.edu keyserver, and that once you sign the keys, you send the signed key back to that keyserver. -- Rob Park http://www.ualberta.ca/~rbpark -- A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the pants. [ Part 2, Application/PGP-SIGNATURE 196bytes. ] [ Unable to print this part. ]